At three o'clock, it was finally dark.

Tan Tai waited for the opportunity to come, a whole day of fighting, brought him a nightmare, the heralds kept coming to report the battle situation, all of them were heavy casualties, every place needed to rush to help, Tan Tai did not dare to send all the troops out, then he really couldn't clean up the situation, but after a whole day of fighting, the remaining sergeants in the barracks were less than 15,000 people, Tan Tai, who originally wanted to save more strength, had no choice but to send nearly 20,000 sergeants, because the attack of the Zheng family army was too fierce, if he did not resist desperately, There is a possibility that the barracks will not be able to be saved.

Fortunately, Simon was still under control.

The order to retreat was quickly issued, and it continued to be entangled in the street fighting, the Eight Banners Army could not resist at all, and it was even more unbearable, several times Tan Tai wanted to rush out to fight, and was persuaded by the strategists around him, he was the commander of the army, and there could be no problems, otherwise the army would really be scattered.

This time, Tan Tai followed the advice of the strategists around him, and when he evacuated from the West Gate, he paid attention to the movement outside.

In Tan Tai's view, Zheng Jiajun's artillery is indeed powerful, but there is no way to fire artillery at night, this is the rule, after all, the vision is not clear at night, you can't see anything, but you are not afraid of 10,000 in case, if Zheng Jiajun set up an ambush outside the West Gate, then the evacuated army is unable to resist, after all, the evacuation battle is not better than the offensive battle.

Tan Tai left the mansion and moved in the direction of the west gate.

The battle in the city continued, there were crisp gunshots everywhere, and the blazing fire illuminated everywhere in the city, Tan Tai had no intention of looking at the battle situation in the city, his heart was dripping blood, what were the casualties of the Eight Banners Army, after the retreat order was given. How many people will be able to evacuate is unknown.

The sergeant of the Eight Banners Army stationed at the West Gate had already reconnoitred the situation outside the West Gate, and indeed did not find the Zheng Family's army.

This should have been a very strange situation, but in Tan Tai's opinion, there was nothing strange about it, he believed that the Zheng family army had put all its forces into the attack, and the purpose of the Zheng family army was to occupy Jinzhou. Therefore, there were no extra troops to deploy outside, and when the strategists around him raised objections, Tan Tai did not listen to them at all.

The three groups of men and horses sent in a row successfully evacuated from the west gate, although there were only about 200 men and horses on each road.

These people were used to test the situation outside the West Gate to see if there was an ambush by the Zheng family's army, and so far everything has gone well.

After receiving the news of the herald's report, Tan Tai's face finally soothed a little.

Just came to Liaodong, and suffered such a fiasco. was caught off guard, which made Tan Tai unusually breathless, that is, more than a year ago, also in Liaodong, Tan Tai led the soldiers to fight bravely and won many major victories.

The army was ready to withdraw from the west gate, and the time of the evacuation was a quarter of a minute.

The order to evacuate had been given, but not many sergeants had gathered in the direction of the west gate. This made Tan Tai's heart that he had just let go of rise again, there were 20,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners Army fighting fiercely in various parts of the city. So many sergeants have been exterminated by the Zheng family, but in a day or so, how is this possible, is the Zheng family army so powerful.

Tan Tai didn't dare to think about it anymore, the time for retreat had come. He couldn't afford to think about it.

The large-scale evacuation began, and more than 10,000 soldiers of the Eighth Banner Army left from the west gate in an orderly manner, heading in the direction of Songshan Castle, between Jinzhou and Songshan, there were still 3,000 soldiers of the Eighth Banner Army stationed.

Tan Tai was in the middle of the line. The most elite Manchu Eight Banners were also around him, following the evacuation.

After a long day of fighting, Zheng Jinhong finally received a report from the scouts, and there were signs that the Eight Banners Army was preparing for a large-scale withdrawal from the west gate of Jinzhou.

The experts of the Huai'an Firearms Bureau have long invented a sight to correct artillery shooting, relying on this thing, the artillery can fix the direction of bombing, and the place where the artillery is preparing to bomb is the necessary place for the evacuation of the Eighth Banner Army, and it is also a large open area.

Wang Xiaoer once suggested that 5,000 soldiers be dispatched to hunt down the evacuated Eight Banners Army, but Zheng Jinhong rejected this suggestion.

Zheng Jinhong has already said that the battle to take Jinzhou City is just a prelude, and more tragic battles are still to come.

The Chinese army led by the emperor set off in only two days, the Chinese army carried a large number of artillery, and the marching speed could not be very fast, and from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan, there were castles such as Qiantun and Gaotai Fort in the middle, if the Eight Banners Army placed sergeants in these castles to resist, the Chinese army still needed to spend time to exterminate these Eight Banners Army.

Shanhaiguan is more than 200 miles away from Ningyuan, and according to the speed of the Chinese army's march, it will take at least four to five days, plus the time delayed in Qiantun and Gaotaibao, the Chinese army can reach Ningyuan within ten days, even if it is very smooth. Today is only 22 July, and the Chinese army has only been on the ground for two days, and there are still nearly eight days to go, and the front army will suffer countless attacks, and the battle at that time is the core of the first phase of the operation.

The attack on Jinzhou City was the first battle of the Liaodong Campaign, and it was necessary to win a complete victory, and this task was basically completed at present.

Don't lose too much strength in the first battle, lest the later battles be difficult to resist.

Therefore, Zheng Jinhong made a decisive decision to use artillery to deal with the Eight Banners Army evacuated from the West Gate.

Scouts kept coming to report the news.

In fact, at this time, Zheng Jinhong was less than five miles away from the West Gate, and the sky was completely dark, so it was impossible for him to clearly know the situation at the West Gate through the telescope, and he could not venture at this moment, so as not to be in danger himself, and to alarm the evacuated Eight Banners Army.

Two small groups of the Eight Banners Army withdrew from the West Gate, which was obviously a temptation.

Zheng Jinhong remained silent, but Wang Xiaoer couldn't help it, he thought that if the Eight Banners Army always adopted this small-scale evacuation, wouldn't the battle be impossible.

Zheng Jinhong was also a little hesitant, but after thinking about it for a while, he thought that it was impossible for the Eight Banners Army to always evacuate in this way, the time did not allow it, and after dawn, all the actions of the Eight Banners Army would be exposed.

Following Tan Tai were Shi Tingzhu, the owner of the Eight Banners of the Khan, and Ba Yan, the owner of the White Flag.

Neither of them personally participated in the street fighting, and they were always by Tan Tai's side.

Before Tan Tai arrived at Jinzhou City, it was Shi Tingzhu who was in charge of commanding the battle.

There are not many sergeants in Jinzhou City, which are about 5,000 people, and most of the sergeants of the Manchu Eight Banners and Mengbaqi are stationed in Ningyuan City, and they are directly led by Abatai.

Tan Tai's arrival in Jinzhou also effectively integrated the Eight Banners Army stationed in Jinzhou, you must know that although Shi Tingzhu is the master of the Eight Banners of Khan, he is not qualified to command the soldiers of the Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of Meng.

The command system of the Manchurian Eight Banners is very interesting, each flag only obeys the command of the banner owner, and will not obey the dispatch of other banner owners, only after the battle of Songshan, Huang Taiji made up his mind to change this situation, and later after the Battle of Shanhaiguan, the Manchurian flag owner also realized the seriousness of the problem and collectively agreed to Huang Taiji's decision, but even so, the command between the banners of the Manchu Eight Banners is still very difficult to coordinate.

More than 10,000 sergeants basically evacuated the West Gate.

When Tan Tai left the city of Jinzhou, he issued an order, leaving a thousand sergeants to guard the west gate, and he must wait until the army is safely evacuated before leaving, and at the same time, the thousand sergeants must also receive the sergeants who have been evacuated from the city one after another.

After arranging everything, Tan Taicai evacuated in the direction of Songshan with confidence.

The rumbling cannon sounded, and when he saw many sergeants in front of him falling in the artillery fire, Tan Tai couldn't believe his eyes, tomorrow it will be dark, how can the artillery be fired, could it be that these shells fell from the sky.

The screams and neighing of horses were drowned out by the rumbling of artillery, and the evacuated Eight Banner Army sergeants had scattered and began to flee the shelling.

However, it was pitch black all around, and the soldiers of the Eighth Banner Army, who could not find their direction, could not disperse completely, and the only choice they could make was to avoid the bombardment of artillery fire.

Unfortunately, the artillery fire was too intensive.

Tan Tai was also not spared, several shells exploded not far from him, and many war horses were shocked to the point that they could not stabilize their bodies, and began to scatter and gallop, and the shock wave of the shell explosion shocked Tan Tai's eyes black.

The impact of the artillery shells made Tan Tai completely sober up, he knew very well that at this time, he must speed up the evacuation, and he could withdraw as much as he could, if he wanted to continue to stabilize the evacuated army, it would be an act of looking for death, and that would only increase the casualties.

Tan Tai's prancing horse began to charge forward, the personal soldiers around him surrounded him in the middle, and Shi Tingzhu and Bayan also began to charge forward desperately, at this time it depends on whose luck is better.

Tan Tai's personal soldiers showed their iron-blooded and cruel side at this moment, and all the sergeants who blocked Tan Tai's evacuation in front were all ruthlessly dared to open or directly killed by them, and Tan Tai, who was charging, didn't seem to see this scene.

Lacking orderly command, the evacuated army was instantly chaotic, running desperately towards the front.

More shells whistled in, exploding in the dense crowd, and even more casualties began to appear.

Tan Tai's heart was dripping blood, and his face was distorted, but he didn't dare to stop, he could only rush forward in the face of artillery fire......

Tan Tai finally withdrew out of the range of the artillery bombardment.

Looking at the crooked sergeant beside him, looking at the artillery fire that was still bombing in front of him, Tan Tai's face no longer had any expression, he didn't know how many 35,000 people could be evacuated, he didn't know how big the casualties would be, this sudden fiasco seemed to be a dream.

Under the urging of his own soldiers, Tan Tai finally withdrew in the direction of Tashan, there were no more strategists around him, presumably those strategists were not able to dodge the bombardment, Shi Tingzhu and Bayan followed, and the luck of the two was not bad. (To be continued.) )